play Live Sign upShow navigation menuplay Live Click here to searchsearchSign upplay videoplay videoVideo Duration 25 minutes 19 seconds play-arrow25:19The StreamWhy did Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show hit a nerve?Bad Bunny as a case study in global relevance and diaspora power.
Bad Bunny was the most-streamed artist on Spotify for four years. He headlined the Super Bowl, singing in Spanish, challenging long-held ideas about what it means to be “mainstream”. His career highlights how streaming platforms, diaspora audiences, and shifting cultural power now determine global relevance. Bad Bunny has long used his music as an unapologetic political statement, including his stance against the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Our guests discuss the political and cultural tensions his rise has exposed.
Guests: Jorell Melendez-Badillo – Associate professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Elizabeth Booker Houston – Political commentator and lawyer
